Manifolding account-book.



No. 823,755. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906 'B. A. BAXTBR.

MANIFOLDING ACCOUNT BOOK. APPLICATION PILEDJAN. 2a, 1903.

2O sections or pads attached at opposite ends of 'mv rrnnsrnrns PATENT OFFICE."

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1906.

Application filed January 26, 1903- Serial No. 140,567-

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BERRY A. BAXTER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Ac-' count-Books, of which I declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to that class of manifolding account-books which are so constructed as to admit of an entry of certain memoranda on a sheet which is retained within the book and at the same time by means of a manifolding sheet or sheets permits a copy or copies of these memoranda to be entered upon a'sheet or sheets which are adapted to be'detached from the book.

In many of the manifolding account-books at present in use it has been customary to construct them with two independent leaf a cardboard back; and it is the object and purpose of my present invention to provide a more suitable back for such books and to elevate one leaf section or pad above the other.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a' perspective view of the entire book. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the detachable back.

Referring to Fig. 1, A represents the back of the book, consisting of a single piece of metal bent into such shape as to be adapted to hold the two independent leaf-sections in their roper places in the manner hereinafter descrlbed. One end of this metal back A is bent upward and then backward upon itself in such manner as to' form a pocket 1, the shape of which is better shown in Fig. 2 and the purposeof this pocket is to have lnserted into it the binding end of the lower leaf section or pad 0, which is composed of a number of separate leaves bound together at one end and upon which leaves the orlglnal entries are to be made. The pocket 1 is to be so constructed as to hold the leafsection O firmly in place when the bound end thereof is inserted into it, but at the same time to permit the said leaf-section to be withdrawn and a new one inserted in its place. Various devices for accomplishing this are well known in the art, and as one means therefor I have shown the upper flange 2 of the pocket 1 bent slightly downward in such manner as to make the pocket into the shape of a beveled slot just wide enough to allow the bound end of the leaf-section C to be slid into position from the side, where it remains firmlyheld in position by thepressure of the flange 2 upon it, but may be withdrawn by hand. Bound together with the leaf-section C, but attached thereto by a flexible hinge a, is a suitable cover B, adapted to fold over the entire book. The leaf-section C extends to a shoulder 3 at the outer end of the back A, which shoulder is formed by bending said back upwardly at right angles to the base, and from this shoulder the back is then bent at right angles outwardly to form a shelf 4 and is then again bent into such shape as to form another pocket 5 at the outer end of the book, whichv pocket-is adapted to have inserted into it the upper leaf section or pad D, which is composed of a number of separate leaves on which the original memoranda may be duplicated by means hereinafter described. The pocket 5 is likewise made with its upper flange 6 bent slightly downward, so that the pocket is of the same shape as pocket 1, and

the bound end of the leaf-sectionD maybe inserted from the side and will be held firmly in position by the pressure of the flange 6.until withdrawn by hand in the manner hereinbefore described withreference to pocket 1. Attached to the upper side of the leaf-section D is a manifolding-sheet G.

In the use of this book one of the sheets of the lower leaf-section O is withdrawn from beneath the upper leaf-section D, is folded over upon the manifolding-sheet G, and then the entries are made upon this original sheet and are duplicated by means of the manifolding-sheet G upon one of the leaf-sections D. This duplicate sheet is then detached from the book and is delivered to the customer. In order that the inner end of this original sheet of the leaf-section C may be more nearly on a level with the upper surface of the leaf-section D when said original sheet is in the position just described readyfor use, the inner end of the metal back A'is bent slightly upward at 7 and the binding portion of the leaf-section C is thereby raised until it is more nearly on the level of the upper leafsection D. This feature, however, is not herein claimed as a part of my present invenmetal back A .as herein described that the shelf 4 serves to elevate the binding end of the upper leaf-section D above the level of the lower section C in such manner that when the book is first filled ready for use the entire leaf-section D assumes a perfectly flat position over the lower leaf-section 0 throughout its entire length. When both leaf-sections have been used up, the binding ends may be extracted from the pockets 1 and 5 by sliding them therefrom, as hereinbefore described, and new leaf-sections may then be inserted into the said pockets ready for use.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is as follows:

'1. In a manifolding account-book, a back therefor consisting of a single piece of metal shaped with two pockets confronting each other and constructed to clamp in position entire leaf-sections, one pocket being raised above the level of the other pocket.

2. A manifolding account-book consisting of a single-piece metal back shaped with two clamping-pockets on the same side of said back, one at each end thereof, one pocket being raised above the other pocket, two independent leaf-pads secured within said pockets and arranged one to overlie the other, and a carbon-sheet adapted to be interposed between a sheet of the upper leaf-pad and a sheet of the lower leaf-pad.

3. A manifoldingbook consisting of a single piece metal back shaped with two clamping-pockets on the same side of said back, one at each end thereof, one pocket being raised above the level of the other pocket, two independent leaf-pads adapted to be detachably secured within said pockets, and

arranged one to overlie the other and a carbon-sheet adapted to be interposed. between a sheet of the upper leaf-pad and a sheet of the lower leaf-pad.

4. A manifolding account-book consisting of a single-piece metal back having a raised shelf at one end, a pocket adjacent to said shelf, a second pocket at the opposite end. of said back, two independent leaf-pads secured within said pockets and a carbon-sheet adapted to be interposed between a sheet of the upperl leaf-pad and a sheet of the lower leafpa 5. A manifolding account-book consisting of a single-piece metal back having a raised shelf at one end, a pocket adjacent to said shelf, a second pocket at the opposite end of said back, two adjacent leaf-pads adapted to be detachably secured within said pockets, and a carbon-sheet adapted to be interposed between a sheet of the upperleaf-pad and a sheet of the lower leaf-pad.

6. As an article of manufacture, a back for manifolding account books, comprising a single piece of metal having a flat body part, and bent at one end into the shape of a pocket, and at the other end bent in such manner as to form a vertical shoulder, a horizontal shelf at right angles thereto, and a second pocket at the end of said shelf, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BERRY A. BAX'IER.

WVitnesses H. E. SWEENEY. W. E. LONGBRIDGE. 

